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Session 1Creating Safer Schools: Lessons Learned; Strategies for ActionSession 5:Next Steps:Where do we go from here?Inspire children andteachers to imagineand dream greaterthings for themselvesin terms of educationand school safety.Puncture the narrowand bleak vision thathas been offeredto all of us andexpand possibilities.Integrate a moreexpansive vision ofhow the experience ofeducation can be anongoing process thathappens throughouttheir lives.Key objective:To articulate the next steps, including what to do with someof the ideas discussed in this forum and how to createa dissemination infrastructure; to brainstorm ideas forgenerating political and programmatic will and regionalsynergy.Discussion:How do we go about generating public desire and demandfor creating safer schools? What kind of actions will weencourage, persuade, and promote? Who are the keyplayers and institutions that need to be reached?Participants agreed that four main groups must be reached:The suppliers and creators of education; the users andparticipants; the influencers; and the regulators. They thendetailed how each group could be reached.27